Bajra has no gluten, so the dough relies on warm water to bind it. Take the flour in a wide plate, add salt and pour in warm water a little at a time, mixing with your fingers. Knead for four to five minutes, pressing with the heel of your palm until the dough turns smooth…
The Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen testifying to a Senate committee. Aaron Sorkin’s The Social Reckoning arrived in US cinemas on 9 October, putting the Facebook whistleblower back in the spotlight five years after she first came forward. The film follows how Frances Haugen worked with a Wall Street Journal reporter to expose the company’s most…
“You did such a good job!” a parent tells their child after seeing a drawing. The child smiles briefly, then starts talking about a cartoon they watched or asks what is for dinner. Another child receives a compliment about a school performance but immediately begins discussing something that went wrong that day. Parents may find…
Tanning acts as a defense mechanism of the skin against ultraviolet rays. When the UV rays touch the skin, the melanocytes increase the production of melanin, which absorbs the rays, protecting the inner layers of skin from damage. This is a temporary, homogeneous darkening process that usually follows the areas exposed to sunlight and gradually…
Squadron Leader Bhawana Kanth became the first woman officer in the Indian Air Force to qualify as a Fighter Combat Leader. As a little girl, Bhawana Kanth did not know much about aircraft. She remembers seeing a jet in the sky and running after it, trying to follow it for as long as she could….
Remember Orkut? The scraps, the testimonials, the communities you joined just because they sounded interesting, and the excitement of seeing who had visited your profile? For many Indians, Orkut was their first taste of social media, long before Instagram, Facebook reels and influencer culture became part of everyday life.Now, its founder, Orkut Büyükkökten, wants to…
Women at work can face a difficult social calculation when a colleague makes a pointed remark. Respond too sharply, and you may worry about being seen as difficult. Laugh it off, and you may feel you have accepted a comment that crossed a line. But professionalism does not require you to smile through every uncomfortable…
Cooking a meal at home is often considered a more affordable option than eating out, but rising prices of everyday ingredients are putting additional pressure on household budgets. In September 2026, the cost of preparing a vegetarian thali in India increased by 10% compared with the same month last year, while a non-vegetarian thali became…
Born in San Francisco in 1907, she moved to Catalonia, Spain, with her family when she was eight. Maria Branyas Morera lived to 117, surviving two world wars, the Spanish Civil War and the 1918 flu pandemic. Born in San Francisco in 1907, she moved to Catalonia, Spain, with her family when she was eight….
Optical illusion personality tests are interesting images that trick the braina nd eyes into believing what we see first, depending upon our perspective, focus, and thoughts running inside our heads in the moment. But what makes these tests even more interesting is that your friend standing right next to you would notice something completely different…
